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Help me choose linux's best option for public school lab (distro, desktop, etc.) (lemmy.ml)
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I apologize if my english isn't perfect in how you would say it daily, but I hope it'll help with Linux popularity and as a reference for future days.

For this post specifically I want opinions regarding what would be best for school lab of tech vocational high school (for both computer networking and software engineering).

  1. Package update frequency:
  • A. Years per update (Debian, OpenSuse Leap)
  • B. Every 6 month (Ubuntu/Fedora)
  • C. Rolling Release (Debian Sid or Arch but update whenever (every week/month/semester/year))
  1. Desktop environment:
  • A. Gnome
  • B. KDE Plasma
  • C. Cinnamon
  • D. Lightweight DE (XFCE, LXQT, etc.)
  • E. Other DE (Mate, Budgie, etc.)
  • F. Stacking Window Manager (Fluxbox, IceWM, Openbox, etc)
  • G. TIling or Dynamic WM
  1. Community or Company Distro?
  • A. Community Distro
  • B. Company Distro
  1. Display server protocol:
  • A. Xorg
  • B. Wayland
  1. File System:
  • A. EXT4
  • B. BTRFS
  • C. Other
  1. Immutable?
  • A. Not Immutable
  • B. Immutable
  1. Functionality
  • A. General Purpose (Debian, Arch, OpenSuse)
  • B. Specific Purpose (Debian Edu, Parrot Linux, AV linux, etc.)

Let me know your opinion, perhaps I missed some critical question or maybe some question above isn't that important to consider.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would go with Xfce4 in this case as it is much simpler in terms of UI and complexity

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd lean towards Xfce as well, but for other reasons; school computers aren't typically the most beefy machines, so a lightweight desktop environment is probably preferable

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Gnome will run on anything made in the last 10 years. Computers won't last that long in a school environment.

Xfce4 is lighter but it isn't that big of difference. Xfce4 might also have less of a learning curve.

The reason I suggested xfce4 is that it works well with Debian releases.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My experience with Gnome vs Xfce has been Gnome being sluggish; there's a difference between running and running well/quickly